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The Green Charter The charter is the founding document of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Maori as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles: Ecological Wisdom: The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world.
After the 16th Police chase related death this year the Police must re-evaluate their criteria for pursuing offenders, Green Party Police spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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The Green Party will tomorrow launch a ’Twelve Days of Christmas’ campaign urging New Zealanders to guarantee the essentials for every kiwi kid this Christmas.
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The Green Party is calling on the Government to reject attempts to introduce investor-state disputes mechanisms into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations in light of evidence that the Philip Morris tobacco company is planning to use the TPP to block anti-smoking laws.
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The decision to ban sow crates is a great leap forward for animal welfare—even though the ban won’t be in place until 2016, the Green Party said today.
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We can expect more erosion and dry spells like the one affecting growers around the country if no progress is made at Cancun, said the Green Party today.
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The Prime Minister must condemn the United States for its spying on United Nation’s leaders, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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Positive news released today on New Zealand’s balance of trade figures mask an increasing vulnerability of our economy to oil prices, the Green Party says.
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The release of the Sandhills Expressway route on a Saturday just one week after the Mana by-election is yet more evidence the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is at the political beck and call of the Minister of Transport, said the Green Party today.
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The Green Party today welcomed the announcement of a Royal Commission into the Pike River mine disaster, but called on the Government to include an independent representative of workers as one of the Commissioners.
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Green MP Keith Locke today congratulated the Tongan Democratic Party for its election victory yesterday.
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The Green Party mourns the 29 miners likely killed at Pike River Mine after a second explosion in the mine yesterday afternoon.
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The Welfare Working Group’s (WWG) relentless focus on paid work ignores the fundamental reality of the current economic situation, the Green Party said today.
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The Business Case for the Auckland CBD Rail Link shows that the project should be the transport priority to relieve congestion in Auckland and stimulate economic development, said the Green Party today.
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The real test of the Welfare Working Group (WWG) will be what it is prepared to consider when it releases its options paper tomorrow, the Green Party said today.
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The addition of spending caps to the electoral finance and the MMP referendum bills is a victory for common sense and democracy, the Green Party said today.
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CANTERBURY — The opening of the first completed Great Ride of Nga Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail, near the tourist town of Hanmer Springs, was welcomed by the Green Party today.
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Maritime New Zealand’s report on the collision between the Ady Gil and the Japanese whale ship Shonan Maru No.
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The five tragic deaths and additional serious injuries to people on bicycles this week highlight the urgent need for extra care and attention when using a motor vehicle, said the Green Party today.
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The Parliamentary Services Commission last night blocked a move by the Green Party to set up an independent overhaul of MPs expenses and entitlements.
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The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears to be a bulldozer to push through controversial Government projects with limited input from the affected communities, said the Green Party today.
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The Government is using urgency to ram through a controversial bill that will allow for the privatisation of New Zealand’s water supplies, the Green Party warned today.
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The Green Party revealed today that the Government has failed to run an open tender process for the Government’s banking contract with Westpac for over 21 years.
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The National Party today blocked a motion in Parliament to set up an independent review of MPs expenses and entitlements.
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OTAGO — High rates of rheumatic fever due to overcrowding can be brought down by providing the essentials for every New Zealander, the Green Party said today.
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Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei will raise an independent overhaul of MPs’ expenses and entitlements at the Parliamentary Services Committee on Wednesday night.
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New Zealand can put pressure on Japan’s whale hunt this year by sending an offshore patrol vessel to monitor the hunt and ensure the safety of protest vessels, the Green Party said today.
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Comments by Chairperson of the Welfare Working Group Paula Rebstock on ‘Q and A’ this week expressed crocodile tears for beneficiaries trapped in poverty, said Green Party Work and Income spokesperson Catherine Delahunty today.
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The resignation of Pansy Wong is more proof that an independent overhaul of MPs’ expenses and entitlements is needed to help keep New Zealand politics honest, said the Green Party today.
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The Prime Minister should intercede on behalf of the man jailed for campaigning for the victims of the Sanlu poisoning, said Green Party Human Rights spokesperson Keith Locke.
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A Green Party member’s bill pulled today from the Parliamentary ballot aims to provide greater transparency within the judicial system, Green Party justice spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham said.
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A new report showing the poor health of New Zealand’s lakes demonstrates why we urgently need clean water rules to protect our waterways, the Green Party said today.
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The latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) report released today says governments need to act now to reduce demand for fossil fuels, said the Green Party.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Green MP Sue Kedgley says it is unfair and unjust that the Speaker will not allow a conscience vote on her Animal Welfare (Treatment of Animals) amendment bill scheduled to debated in the House tonight.
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The industry-led HomeStar voluntary rating scheme is a good start, but will miss out the coldest and dampest homes because it is not mandatory, said the Green Party today.
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New Zealand needs jobs rather than scare tactics to manage benefit costs, the Green Party said today.
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Despite improvements, the Search and Surveillance Bill reported back to Parliament today is still a serious threat to our civil liberties, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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The Speaker’s decision to return to the former, more transparent disclosure system is a step in the right direction, said the Green Party today. “It is great to see the Speaker has seen sense and has returned to a more transparent system for MPs’ expenses, said Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei.
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John Key's claim that the new housing accommodation regulations for MPs’ is a tightening of the rules is wrong and shows again how messy the allowances system has become, said the Green Party today.
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John Key’s Government needs to take serious action to control the tobacco companies who peddle lethal drugs, the Green Party said today.
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Termination for people caught file-sharing is disproportionate to the problem it causes and will not stop the pirating of copyrighted material, the Green Party said today.
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Proposed legislation will open the door for the privatisation of New Zealand’s water supplies, the Green Party said today.
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In a move to help keep New Zealand politics honest, the Green Party has today released its MPs’ expenses under the old, more transparent, disclosure system.
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Stalling wage growth will hurt Kiwi families who are already struggling financially, the Green Party said today.
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The Environmental Risk Management Authority’s (ERMA) decision to allow the continued use of Methyl Bromide, a highly toxic and ozone destroying gas, for another ten years, without any requirements to use recapture technology, is deeply disappointing the Green Party said today.
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AUCKLAND — Len Brown has again made it clear the priority for Auckland transport must be investment in trains yet John Key’s Government is still refusing to listen, the Green Party said today.
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The Defence Review released today is a missed opportunity to formulate an independent defence policy, Green Party defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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The Prime Minister should not alter the original timetable for withdrawing New Zealand’s special forces from Afghanistan, Green Party defence spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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COROMANDEL — Thames-Coromandel Council needs to work with the Wilderland community to find a fair process for bringing their buildings up to standard, said Green Party MP and Coromandel resident Catherine Delahunty today.
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Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei is calling on the Speaker of the House Dr Lockwood Smith, to promote genuine transparency over MPs expenses in the wake of his announcement to change the current expenses disclosure regime.
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New Zealand needs large industry players like Fonterra to show leadership on the issue of water quality, the Green Party said today.
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National’s legislation to appease Warner Brothers is braindead and will send all workers in the film industry back to the days of the Employment Contracts Act, Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman said today.
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The Government needs to invest in building new houses to address the current shortage of 70,000 homes, otherwise there will be a massive blowout in housing subsidies to landlords. “We urgently need more houses in New Zealand to ensure that everyone has somewhere decent to sleep.
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Overseas investors should have no say in changing New Zealand laws, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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The controversial Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act can be repealed early, said the Green Party today.
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It is unacceptable that more than 90% of fruit and vegetables tested in the latest Food Residue Surveillance programme contained pesticide residues, Green Party food safety spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.
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OTAGO — While everyone is worrying about The Hobbit, a unique, rare, and threatened native fish species called Gollum is at risk of extinction in the Nevis River in Central Otago, the Green Party said today.
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The solution to New Zealand’s housing crisis is to increase the housing stock, not simply shuffle the existing inadequate resources around, the Green Party said today.
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WEST COAST — What: Day of action on the Mokihinui River.
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SOUTHLAND — Digging up the reserves of lignite in Southland can only increase global greenhouse gas emissions, said the Green Party today.
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Minister of Finance Bill English demonstrated that the Government has no plan for coping with high oil prices, said the Green Party today.
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The Green Party today welcomed the Government’s long-awaited response to the review of special education, but sounded a note of caution about how its changes would be implemented without new funding.
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News that a Chinese company is looking to purchase another New Zealand dairy company underlines the short-sightedness of requiring Fonterra to continue to subsidise milk supply to its competitors the Green Party said today.
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News that the Government has adopted a Green Party proposal to appoint a full-time Disability Commissioner was welcomed by Green MP Catherine Delahunty today.
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Green MPs will today join nationwide stop work actions to support fairness at work, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party today joined Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson in welcoming World Statistics day, and called for reflection on New Zealand’s sobering inequality statistics.
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The Green party today welcomed Labour's move to place children at the heart of policy making.
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WELLSFORD — A plan to save lives and money on the motorway between Puhoi and Wellsford got a strong endorsement from the Green Party today.
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News that alcohol is cheaper than bottled water undermines the Government’s entire approach to alcohol reform, and must not be ignored, the Green Party said today.
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AUCKLAND — The Auckland Council elections have resulted in hundreds of thousands of Aucklanders votes being wasted because the elections were run under the flawed first-past-the post system (FPP), said the Green Party today.
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The Government’s fiscal position can be made stronger by following it’s own advice to households — invest in higher quality assets, the Green Party said today.
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New Zealand is highly vulnerable to oil price shocks that are nearly certain to occur in the next few years according to a research report published by Parliament today, said the Green Party.
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Rising food prices coupled with the increase in GST will hurt Kiwi families who are already struggling financially, the Green Party said today.
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The Government’s newly released Waste Strategy fails to show any meaningful leadership on waste, the Green Party said today.
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Central government can fund the smart rail projects that Aucklanders are calling out for by simply shifting money from uneconomic motorway projects, said the Green Party today.
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WELLINGTON — The Green party is calling on the Wellington Regional Council to rethink its transport strategy and abandon a proposed $2 billion spend on new motorways, which will not reduce congestion, and instead focus on the development of trains, buses, walking, and cycling.
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Forestry industry representatives can use their conference this week to call on the Government to regulate to stop the trade of illegally logged rainforest timber, said the Green Party today.
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New Zealanders cast a clear vote for better buses, trains, walking and cycling in the local body elections, said the Green Party today.
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TVNZ should look its soon to be dumped Charter for guidance in its review of its news and current affairs editorial policies, Green Party broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.
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Extra funding for the popular SuperGold card free off-peak public transport scheme was welcomed by the Green Party today, who nevertheless remain concerned about the reduced fare subsidy for the scheme, and the requirement that Regional Councils pick up administration costs.
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TVNZ needs to reconsider its decision to allow Paul Henry back on screen in a week's time, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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The Department of Conservation’s Director-General is right to argue that our natural environment is the foundation of a prosperous economy, yet the message is still to get through to John Key’s Government, the Green Party said tonight.
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New Zealanders deserve to know what our intelligence operatives are really doing in Afghanistan, Green Party foreign affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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Paul Henry, by his racist and bigoted comments, has breached a number of key planks of the TVNZ Charter which TVNZ is still bound by, Green Party broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today.
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Online marketplace Trade Me is moving to regulate the trade of new kwila furniture or decking products, following discussions with the Green Party and a coalition of non-governmental organisations.
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Paul Henry still doesn’t seem to understand how his comments yesterday offended more than the Governor-General, Green Party human rights spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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CANTERBURY — The call by the New Zealand Law Society for a review of the Canterbury Response and Recovery Act has been welcomed by the Green Party.
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Regional councils need to strengthen dairy farm effluent storage rules to protect rivers from pollution during extreme weather the Green Party said today.
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WEST COAST — The Green Party welcomed news today that Solid Energy has withdrawn its appeal against Hydro Development Limited’s (HDL) resource consent to build a power station on the Stockton plateau.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Green Party Co-leader Russel Norman today launched the Keep it Kiwi campaign, handing out lamingtons in front of a Kiwibank branch in Wellington to celebrate New Zealand ownership at a time when John Key's Government plans to make asset sales an election issue in 2011.
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Actors Equity and Sir Peter Jackson need to start a dialogue to resolve issues regarding working conditions on the production of The Hobbit, Green Party industrial relations spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
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Permanent legislation to handle emergencies could work, but only if the powers given to the Government were appropriately limited, said the Green Party today.
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A new study shows the devastating impact intensive farming is having on our native fish species, the Green Party said today.
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The release of the long-awaited overseas investment review will leave most New Zealanders confused as to what the original point of the exercise was, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
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The decision of John Key's Government to a bill to introduce Voluntary Student Membership ignores public opinion, the Green Party said today.
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Funding announced for five more Cycleway projects will enhance the economic resilience of another five communities, the Green Party said today.
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With the release of the Land and Water Forum’s report, Environment Minister Nick Smith no longer has any excuse to delay adopting clean water rules, the Green Party said today.
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The Green Party today pays respect to the tireless work, vision and mana of Sir Archie Taiaroa of Te Ati Hau Nui a Paparangi, Ngati Tuwharetoa and Ngati Apa/Nga Wairiki, with wider connections to Ngati Haua, Ngati Kurawhatia and Ngati Maru.
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The Green Party welcomes the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in her latest report Making difficult decisions: Mining the conservation estate.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Gerry Brownlee’s address to the petroleum industry reveals a stubborn determination to deny the obvious: a healthy economy relies on a healthy natural environment, said the Green Party today.
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Doing nothing about climate change will lead to more extreme weather events, events like the storm that lashed the country over the weekend, costing millions of dollars and hurting the economy and communities, the Green Party said today.
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